Pequeno Auditório [Small Auditorium], Teatro Rivoli, Porto.
Price: 3€.
Description: The Film Bass Culture retraces origins of grime through the genres that preceded it. Those more familiar with the genre will know this success is hard-won. But for those less familiar this music’s history, the film provides new insights to the efforts of an underground, predominantly black British music community, that continues to defy the industries assessments of its potential. Bass Culture documentary presents a success story that demonstrates the complexity and diversity of the British music industry. It also showcases a journey fuelled by enterprise, entrepreneurialism and creativity (Riley, 2021). More specifically, it is the story of the bassline. raves, radio airwaves and dancefloors
House, Jungle, Drum n’ Bass, Garage, as it travels far across the seas in the beating hearts of families seeking a new life. As it pounds out from the basements of terraced houses and the expanse of council estates. As it’s picked up and carried high across parties, record shops, by the children and grandchildren of the Dub Selectors and MCs. How it ultimately brought us to today, where Black British music is a vibrant and thriving multi-million-pound industry. From Sound Systems through to Acid Grime and beyond. From pressing dubplates, to tape-packs, pirate stations, CD’s, DVDs onto YouTube. This is a story of legacy, of cultural and technological revolution, of cultural dynasty (Fully Focused, 2018).
The Film Bass Culture was commissioned by the Black Music Research Unit as part of the AHRC research project mapping the impact of Jamaican music on Britain over the last half century. The film is produced by Fully Focused Community (FFC) a youth led media organisation that uses the power of film to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and transform lives. The production brings together film industry professionals with young people from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds in London.
Links:
http://basscultureduk.com/
https://twitter.com/BassCulturedUK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8gvfTtVQqiZE9rR0YNnlA?view_as=subscriber
https://www.instagram.com/basscultureduk/
